Shipping drum or container



May? zo 1924.

W. D. BRYSON SHIPPING DRUMOR CONTAINER Filed Sept. 19. 1921 /N VE N Takw/ TNESS Patented May 20, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT A OFFICE.

WALTER D. BBYSON, OF BIIDLEYy PARK, PENNSYLVANIA,- .ASSIGNOB TO FIBRECON- TAINER COMPANY, CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIPPING DRUM OR CONTAINER.

Application aigiseptemhr 1s, 1921. serial No. 501,678.

To all who/m t may concern.' Be it known thatI, WALTER D. BRYsoN, acitizen of the Unitedv States, and a resident of Ridley Park, county ofDela- 5 ware, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shi ping Drums or Containers, of which the foowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw-.1D iy invention relates to shipping drums or containers and has for itspri cipal object the providing of adrum in W ich lightness of weight andstrength are combined and i5 suitable for containin dry products, suchas, for example, co ee, spices, and dry chemicals.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shi ping drum the wallsand heads of whic may be formed of fibrous material and which providesample protection to vthe contents from moisture and atmosphei'icconditions.

A still further object of my invention is 85 to provide a shipping drumwhich, after being emptied, may be refilled and re shipped.. v

A still further object o f my invention is to provide asliipping drumwhich may be w manufactured at a comparatively small cost,

is durable and is attractive in appearance.

The invention further includes all of the other various objects andnovel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter la moredefinitely specified and described.

It is highly desirable that drums or containers used in shipping goodsand merchandise should combine strength, d'rability and lightness in weilit and that the 4o body ortion or wall and eads of the drum shoul be asthin as possible consistent with essential strength for by making thedrum light in Wei ht without sacrificing cubical capacity, the s ippingand hauling charges are w keptftoaminimum/ Ihave found thatasatisfactorycontainer or drum which embodiesJ the desirable features above mentionedcan be constructed of fibrous. material, such as paper stock; forexample,-I. have made a satisfactory drum of six plies of fibre board orpulp board firmly secured together by an adhesive such as silicate ofsoda and having A 'jute liners on the exposed surfaces, the severalplies or layers being formed into a cy-l lindrical shape to form thebody portion in a manner well known in the art.

In the accom anying drawing, in which I like numerals esignate likeparts in the different figures, F1 re 1 is a perspective view of a drumem odying my invention;

Fig. 2 is Aa vvertical longitudinal sectional 1 yiew of the drum shownin Fi 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the dine 33 of Fig. 2 andFig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view partly. in section showin tion ofthe device shown in Fig. 1.

The drum 1 has a wall 2 formed of fibrous material, such as pa er or anyother suitable material, refera ly about one fourth inch in thic ess,and is generally made by superimposing a proper number of plies of paperstock fed from webs to a orming machine, the plies being rmly secured toeach other by an adhesive such as silicate of soda, the making of thiswall being by a method well known in the art. The heads of the lshippingdrum are made by first cutting out from the fibrous material discs'3 ofa diameter e ual tothe outside diameter of the body o a drum to formclosures for the openings at the ends of the body of the drum; to eachof the discs I then secure, b clinched nails 4, two wooden patteis 5 doule mortised midway of their e wooden battens are referably subamodiicastantiall equal in length to t e insidediameter of t e 'bodyportion of the drum so that and t e edge of the disc is substantially-equal to the thickness of the wall, and in a drum having a capacity ofabout one hundred pounds, the battens mayl ybe substantiallythree-fourths of an inch in thickness and one and one quarter inches inwidth thus making a total thicknessthrough the head and battens ofsubstantiall Aone inch, forming, when secured to theI ody portion of thedrum, a closure of great stren h and rigidity. .Metal rin 6, havinganges 7, are provided to assist, among other things, in retaining .theheads upon-the body of the drum and also to` provide protection for theends of the drum when it is being handled or is in transit. A,

The heads of the drum are secured to the rtion in the following manner:The with the battens secured thereto4 is Y gin of the disc, and the bandportion of the ring encircling the edge of the disc and the upperportion of the wall or body portion.

The metal ring, among other things, also forms a tight joint andprevents any siftin of the contents of the drum. After the meta ring hasbeen placed position the nails 8 are driven therethrough and through thewall of the drum in'to the ends of the wooden battens, the nails beingdriven approximately three-eighths of an inch from the end of the drum,i. e., at a suicient space ytherefrom to prevent the nails from tearingfree from the wall or body portion. It should be noted that it is altoether preferable that the ain of the woo battens should runlongitudinally thereof whereb the probability of splitting the wood w enthe nails are driven into the battens is very much less than if thenails are driven across the grain. The heads of nails 4 indicate thelocations of the battens so no diiculty arises in properly driving thenails 8.

The drum may be easily opened by withdrawing the nails 8 by anyconvenient too whereupon the metal ring is lifted and the head removed.Itwill be evident that the drum may, when desired, be refilled andreshipped a number of times inasmuch as none of the parts forming it aredestroyed during the opening operation.

If desired, discs 9 of a fibrous or other suitable material, may beplaced upon and supported by the battens thereby preventing contactbetween the wooden battens and the contained material when that isdesirable l having for any reason and also forming air lating chambersbetween the discs 3 and 9 and the lbattens 5. If desired, sheets offlexible material may be used instead of the fibre discs 9.

It will be understood that minor variations and changes in athe detailsof con.- struction and arrangement of parts would readily suggestthemselves to persons skilled in the art and fall within the spirit andscope of my invention. I do not desire, therefore, to be limited orrestricted to the exact details of construction and arrangement shownand described.

Having thus described .my invention, I claim and desire to rotect byLetters Patent of the United tates:

1. In a shipping drum, the combination i with a cylindrical bod portionof fibrous material, of a head of brous material hav' ing wooden'battens secured thereto, said battens extending within said bodyportion, a metal band surroun an end of the drum, said band having aange seated upon the peripheral margin of the head and nails passingthrough said band and said body portion into the ends of said battens.

2. In a shipping drum, the combination of a cylindrical body portion offibrous material, a circular head for said body ortion seated upon anend thereof, wooden attens secured to'said head, the length of saidbattens being'substantially equal to the inside diameter of said bodyportion, a metal ring a flange engaging the outer surface of said headand having a band portion exten around an end of the drum to `a depth suantially equal to the thickness of the battens whereby nails may bedriven through said band (gortion and said body portion into the en ofthe battens to securely hold said head.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day ofSeptember, 1921.

WALTER n. BRYsoN.

